Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Can We “screen” future Cohousing members

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

The fair housing act is limited. It only dis-allows housing (and
mortgage) discrimination based on

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing because of:
Race
Color
National Origin
Religion
Sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation)
Familial Status (except in Senior housing)
Disability
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_act_overview#_Who_Is_Protected?

You should also check your state laws, as sometimes there are other
protected classes.

-Liz
(The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
www.elizabethmaemagill.com
508-450-0431

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 11:10 AM Zev Paiss <zevpaiss [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Fair housing laws in the US provide many protections for home buyers. There 
> are many questions we are not allowed to ask to a potential buyer. Here at 
> tiny Nonad in Boulder Colorado we discovered  how helpless we were when a 
> resident started to become extremely erratic in their actions and 
> interactions. Since we are not structured as a coop where members vote new 
> members in and out, we had no ability to protect our community until the 
> person was deemed a threat to themselves or others. This ongoing struggles 
> went in for two years with constant disruptions to our meetings and meals, 
> regular novella length notes on our bulk item board and attempted to help 
> with shopping, bill paying and even mediation with the city to no avail. If 
> there are ways to set up numerous opportunities for interaction among new 
> neighbors please try to do that to help minimize bringing in neighbors who 
> have the inadvertent ability to make life in community even more challenging.
>
> Zev Paiss
> Boulder, CO
> 720-925-5161
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